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Old 17th Feb 2011, 04:56
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Totally agree too. I can remember skiing up at Val Disere. It was a calm clear blue sky day and we were on one of those lifts which pull you up the mountain side.
All of a sudden a huge gust came from no where whipping up to what must have been 70 mph in seconds. We clung on for dear life until the wind subsided.
The gust was so strong that it tripped the lift. It stopped and stayed stopped. We had to Ski back down. This was a calm day.

That film is a shocking warning about the dangers of mountain flying even on what appear to be good days.

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